I have a 3 hour political science lecture with a french professor that I cannot understand...

[armyowalgreens]

In a science lecture room with poor air conditioning and shitty lighting. It starts in an hour.

I just want to sit in the back and do stupid shit to amuse myself. Maybe I'll smoke an entire pack of cigarettes and see how everyone around me reacts. Or maybe I should change seats every 5 minutes. Or maybe I should do stair exercises as she lectures.

Any suggestions?

[sarge43]

1. I drew porn pictures, read a book or flicked spit balls at people

Also got me through a lot of staff meetings and commander's calls.

[Call Me Wesley]

2. Why? Is she parlez Française? (nt)

[armyowalgreens]

3. She speaks english but has a very heavy accent.

[Call Me Wesley]

5. Yep, happens from time to time. English's not everyone's first language.

Just think about if Sartre would be your professor (very heavy accent, too.) Would you just tune out and poke your nose or trying really hard to understand? The World is a big place, after all.

[armyowalgreens]

9. True. I tried hard to understand last class. It's just really annoying.

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

4. Is this a tiered lecture hall?

Sit in the back of the class and start rolling stuff down hill. Tennis balls. Full cans of soda. Bowling balls. The heavier the better and the sooner she notices. You could also attach a post it note to the bowling ball telling her she needs to improve in her teaching skills. All in French though.

[Call Me Wesley]

6. Zut alors!

Honk if you spoken ze English!

:rofl:

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

10. Tut mir leid

Ich weisse nichts English, nur Fuck You! Thank you, come again.

[armyowalgreens]

8. lol yes it is tiered.

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

12. Rolling, rolling, rolling like a river

Get to it bat boy. Be original but not too original to warrant an arrest.

[Kali]

7. that was one of my problems with calculus

twice - Russian and Chinese - heavy accents

still, I love being in the atmosphere of that sort of thing, love being places where I don't understand the language and even better when there are multiple languages being spoken. I listen anyway. OK, I know I am weird.

[asdjrocky]

11. Two words-

Mush rooms.

[Bucky]

13. Oral communication being such a vital component to instruction, you'd think...

that they'd have the common sense to screen candidates for the ability to speak clearly before an audience.

I have the same complaint about a lot of Stallone movies.

[MrScorpio]

14. Quick, rent this movie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0j78J5SeHY

[Odin2005]

15. My Intro to Western Philosophy proff was a Korean guy I could barely understand.

I am particularly bad at understanding strong accents because of the sensory issues stemming from my Asperger's.